Cardinal Pacelli assumed active leadership of the Roman Catholic Church pending the Conclave which has been convoked and will be held here, probably in fifteen days with all the pageantry of past centuries Cardinals who are assisting Carinal Pacelli in the leadership Church include William Cardinal O'Connell, who is at present at Nassau, the Bahamas, Gennaro Cardinal Pignatelli and Camille Cardinal Cac Four noble guards took up. their solemn posts in the death watch at the Sistine Chapel. They giood silent ly" with, drawn swords pointed downwards.
'Tomorrow the thousands of weeping men, women and children who knelt in' prayer today in St, Peter's Square throughout the day will be permitted to gaze on the body of the Pontiff at St. Peter's Basilica and bid their final farewell to his Hol ness.
As soon as Signor Benito Mussolini ras advised of the death of the Pope, he ordered flags on all public buildig. to be own at half mast, Church bells peated mournfully afier the announcement of the Pope's death, "Kneeling crowds jammed St. Peter's Square as high Church dignitaries started preparing the remains Pope Pius for the ipunpowe of Dlocing the body' in state in the They wrapped the remains of the Pope with white woof robes with the hooded cape thrown back to enable mourners to see the serene express sion on the Pontiffs face. The Pope's hands were closed round a small Besides Cardinals and other high Church dignitaries, members of the lomatie Corps of Vatican City Aled ist the Pope's deathbed early in the morning.
Four tall candles were placed at the Pope's bedposts. Nicola Cardinal Canali celebrated the first: mass before a small altar erected in the Pope's bedroom.
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